Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080291106 | Crossed dual tag and RFID system using the crossed dual tag - A crossed dual tag includes two tags each of which comprises, on one plane, a dipole antenna formed with conductors, a feeding part to which an IC chip is connected at the center of the dipole antenna, and a loop-shaped inductance part that is formed between the dipoles of the dipole antenna and connected to the dipoles of the dipole antenna in parallel with respect to the feeding part. The two tags are crossed at right angles, and stacked to contact as closely as possible so that the loops of the inductance parts overlap as wide as possible. A reader/writer of an RFID system sequentially switches the surface of a circular polarized wave of a wireless signal between forward and backward directions, and reads information written to a user memory area from the tag that responds more strongly. | 11-27-2008 |
20090058658 | Tag Antenna and Tag - A tag antenna is composed of a dielectric spacer, and an antenna pattern which is formed on one of surfaces of the spacer and has a size smaller than one half of a wavelength at an operating frequency, and in which a slit pattern suitable for the resistance and the capacitive components of a chip to be mounted is formed. | 03-05-2009 |
20090096701 | TAG-USE ANTENNA AND TAG USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a tag-use antenna allowing a miniaturization while maintaining a constant minimal change of a communication distance. The tag-use antenna has a feed part of a folded dipole antenna of a size of 53 mm long and 7 mm wide being connected to, and equipped with, an LSI chip of Rc=500 ohms and Cc=1.4 pF and is covered with plastic resin | 04-16-2009 |
20090164954 | AUTOMATIC ANTENNA DESIGNING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANTENNA DESIGNING METHOD - An automatic antenna designing apparatus for designing a tag antenna of an IC tag, has a model storage unit configured to store models serving as templates of the tag antenna to be designed; and a design input unit configured to read out a model from the model storage unit on the basis of a designer's instruction, to display the read out model on a screen, and to display an input screen allowing the designer to input a change in a shape of the model as length information. | 06-25-2009 |
20090289795 | Container And Wireless Tag Reading System - The container for accommodating at least one article bearing a wireless tag that wirelessly communicates with a reader/writer antenna includes a conductor which electromagnetically couples with an antenna of the wireless tag when an interrogation signal is radiated from the reader/writer antenna toward the wireless tag or when a response signal is radiated from the wireless tag toward the reader/writer antenna. | 11-26-2009 |
20100052861 | SIMULATING DEVICE, SIMULATING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The simulating device and method that evaluates the intensity of radio waves including estimating a received power of a radio wave reaching an antenna of a radio tag having an IC chip connected with the antenna, calculating an impedance matching coefficient to use for matching an impedance of the antenna of the radio tag with an impedance of the IC chip of the radio tag, and adjusting the received power estimated with the use of the impedance matching coefficient calculated. | 03-04-2010 |
20100072287 | Loop Antenna - A loop antenna includes a dielectric substrate taking a cuboid form, and a loop part composed of a metal that covers two pairs of facing surfaces of the dielectric substrate. The loop part is formed by leaving a blank portion at the center of one surface of the pair of facing surfaces having a wider area. In the blank portion, a feeding point to an LSI chip and a capacitance part connected to the loop part in parallel to the feeding point are formed. The capacitance part is provided to compensate for an internal capacitance of the LSI chip so that a small LSI chip matches the antenna. A convex part having a length is arranged with a gap within a corresponding concave part to form a large capacitance. | 03-25-2010 |
20100097191 | Wireless Tag And Method For Producing Wireless Tag - The wireless tag includes an antenna conductor; a first power-supply conductor which is electromagnetic-inductively coupled with the antenna conductor; and a second power-supply conductor which is loop-shaped and which is electrically coupled with the first power-supply conductor. | 04-22-2010 |
20100109874 | Tag Patch Antenna And RFID Tag Using Tag Patch Antenna - A tag patch antenna includes: a slit formed in the vicinity of an edge of an antenna pattern along a part of the edge; and a feeding point to which a tag LSI is connected and which is formed by cutting an intermediate portion of the part of the edge separated by the slit from a body of the antenna pattern by a width of the slit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100117833 | Radio Frequency Tag And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - A metal-resistant radio frequency tag that has a broader band pass band (frequency versus communication range) characteristic compared to conventional techniques is achieved. For this purpose, the radio frequency tag according to the present invention includes a first resonator pattern, the first resonator pattern including a chip connecting section to which a chip is to be connected, and an inductance section that is capable of adjusting an impedance matching with the chip; and a second resonator pattern that is fed through electromagnetic induction coupling via the inductance section. | 05-13-2010 |
20100127085 | WIRELESS FREQUENCY TAG AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRELESS FREQUENCY TAG - A wireless frequency tag includes a loop-shaped antenna pattern that is electrically connected to a chip connecting section, and a conducting member that electrically couples a part of the antenna pattern. | 05-27-2010 |
20100223043 | Electromagnetic Field Simulation Apparatus and Computer Readable Storage Medium Storing Electromagnetic Field Simulation Program - A computer readable storage medium storing an electromagnetic field simulation program that causes a computer to execute receiving data defining, in virtual space, a shape of a conductor and an insulator included in a conductive layer and a dielectric layer of a printed circuit board; setting a plurality of cells in the virtual space by arranging nodes of the cells on a boundary between the conductive layer and the dielectric layer in a thickness direction of the printed circuit board and by arranging nodes of the cells at regular intervals in a plane parallel to the printed circuit board; giving, to each of the cells, an electric constant of a medium occupying an area of each of the cells; and determining a change over time in a an electromagnetic field strength in each of the cells. | 09-02-2010 |
20100231474 | Metal Pipe Managed By Wireless Tag And Wireless Tag - A metal pipe includes a slot having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the metal pipe and a wireless tag that is placed inside the metal pipe and includes a power feeding unit to feed electric power to the slot and an IC chip connected to the power feeding unit, thereby functioning as an antenna of the wireless tag. The metal pipe is thus managed by the wireless tag. | 09-16-2010 |
20100245201 | FREQUENCY TUNABLE ANTENNA - There is provided an antenna for tuning a resonant frequency. The antenna includes a first and a second arms connected to the antenna feeding portion at a common end thereof. The second arm has each of the plurality of branches including a switch for selecting a length of an electrical loop formed by the second arm and an end of a ground plane, each of the switches is connected to the ground plane. A first resonant frequency performed by the first arm is higher than a second resonant frequency by the second arm when each of the switches is open, and the first resonant frequency is lower than a third resonant frequency by the second arm when one of the switches is selected to connect the second arm and the ground plane so that the length of the electrical loop is maximum. | 09-30-2010 |
20110128200 | ANTENNA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An antenna includes a first arm whose one end is connected to a feeding unit, a second arm whose one end is connected to the first arm at a position that is away from the one end of the first arm and whose other end is connected to ground, and a variable impedance unit whose impedance is variable, provided between the ground and the other end of the first arm. | 06-02-2011 |
20110134011 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus includes an antenna linear element including a linear conductor provided with a first end and a second end, a ground conductor connected to the linear conductor at the second end, a transmission line connected to the linear conductor at the first end, and a matching circuit including a first impedance adjustment element connected to the transmission line at an end on an opposite side to the end of transmission line connected to the linear conductor and a second impedance adjustment element which is connected to the first impedance adjustment element on an opposite side to the end of the first impedance adjustment element connected to the transmission line and an end of which on an opposite side to the end connected to the first impedance adjustment element is grounded, a connection part between the first impedance adjustment element and second impedance adjustment element receiving a power feed. | 06-09-2011 |
20110140973 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus including: a first and second antenna elements which transmit or receive radio signal; a ground pattern; and a wiring pattern which is provided on a line segment connecting the first and second antenna elements, and directly connected to the ground pattern, wherein a circumventing path is formed by the wiring pattern and a part of the ground pattern. | 06-16-2011 |
20110159832 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An antenna device includes: a substrate; a radiating electrode formed on the substrate, a ground electrode formed on the substrate and disposed opposite the radiating electrode, a feed line as a distributed constant transmission line connected via a feed point to the radiating electrode, at least one impedance matching element for impedance-matching the radiating electrode at a prescribed signal frequency by being connected in parallel with the radiating electrode to the feed line at a position a prescribed distance away from the feed point, and a switch, interposed between the at least one impedance matching element and the feed line, for connecting or disconnecting the at least one impedance matching element to or from the feed line in accordance with a prescribed control signal. | 06-30-2011 |
20110207422 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus, including: a substrate; an antenna element which is arranged on the substrate and transmits or receives a radio signal; a feed point which is connected to the antenna element and feeds a current or a voltage to the antenna element; and a wiring pattern, one end of which is connected to a ground pattern formed on a portion of the substrate, wherein two or more sets of the antenna element, the feed point, and the wiring pattern is included if the antenna element, the feed point, and the wiring pattern form one set. | 08-25-2011 |
20110279348 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes an antenna element having an external form shaped into a substantially rectangular-shaped planar spiral coil and a switch provided to the antenna element. | 11-17-2011 |
20110284643 | RFID Tag And Manufacturing Method Thereof - An RFID tag having a tag antenna and an LSI chip, comprising: a power-supply pattern on which the LSI chip is mounted; a patch antenna that functions as the tag antenna; and a high-frequency connection section that makes a high-frequency connection between the power-supply pattern and the patch antenna. The high-frequency connection section is formed, for example, by forming a slot in the patch antenna, layering one end of a small dipole antenna that functions as the power-supply pattern over the slot so that it crosses over the slot, and supplying power from the smalI dipole antenna to the patch antenna. | 11-24-2011 |
20120127055 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An antenna device includes a feed element being of a length that allows resonance in a specified frequency band, a distributed constant feed line grounded at one end and coupled at another end to the feed element to form a feeding point, a reactive element grounded at one end and coupled at another end to a position a specified distance from the feeding point of the feed line, a first switch disposed between the feed line and the reactive element and used to select whether the feed line and the reactive element are coupled or uncoupled, a parasitic element disposed adjacent to the feed element and being of a length that allows resonance in a frequency band different from the frequency band in which the feed element resonates, and a second switch used to select whether the parasitic element is grounded. | 05-24-2012 |